The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) is committed to keeping the cost of education within reach. With the lowest tuition in the state, KCTCS opens the door of opportunity for Kentuckians who want to improve their skills and their lives.

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) and Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) has announced a three-year strategic partnership designed to provide eastern Kentucky residents with the educational opportunities that lead to good jobs.

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Board of Regents approved a 2015-16 budget of $888,114,300 during its quarterly meeting today at Hopkinsville Community College. The budget includes a one percent or $1,000 salary increase, whichever is greater, for full-time faculty and staff.

National data from the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) shows KCTCS is among the best in the nation in several categories.

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0:03to do the job for the future and quite frankly we needed them yesterday
0:08Kentucky pain is a great partnership for Kentucky
0:13it brings together manufacturers
0:16the education community and students to be able to promote manufacturing
0:20and the jobs and careers that are there for manufacture
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0:38with each other
0:39but also will help bring new industry and because they'll
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0:50date in the work force
0:51we are promoting ourself as aid
0:54major place for manufacturing and be able to do that you have to have a
0:58trained workforce
0:59Kentucky fame shows manufacturers that make me want to relocate here are
1:04manufacturers who want to expand here
1:06that we can provide that trained workforce for them
1:09and have them working from day one
1:12the benefit for students is that they can go to class
1:15two days a week and then go to work three days a week and they're getting
1:19paid
1:20to apply what they're learning Kentucky fame is given me the opportunity
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1:42this career path to get there Kentucky fame has enable me to have the
1:46confidence I need to be able to have a job after I get outta college right now
1:50I'm on the track and being debt-free
1:52coming out of college which not many college students get to say
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